Hog-chute.



J. RADA.

' HOG OHUTE.

' APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1910. 1,036,147, Patented Aug. 20, 1912. 2SHEETS-SHEET 1. N a:

Jamfi fiada Witnesses Inventor,

Atto rneys J. RADA.

HOG GHUTE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1910.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

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Inventor;

Attorneys.

JACOB BADA, 0F JENNINGS, KANSAS.

HOG-CHUTE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 9, 1910. Serial No. 560,116.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB RADA, a citizen of the United States, residingat Jennings, in the county of Decatur and State of Kansas, have inventeda new and useful Hog- Chute, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hog chutes or stanchions and is moreparticularly an improvement upon the structure disclosed in Patent No.944,37 9, issued to me on December 28, 1909.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a novel form ofadjustable holder arranged to receive animals discharged from aplatform, this holder being employed in scalding or dipping the hogs orin ringing or marking them.

With these and other objects in View the invention consists of certainnovel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter morefully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section of achute or stanchion constructed in accordance with the present invention,the holder being shown in its lowermost position, the tiltable platformbeing shown out of its normal position and the gate being shown lockedin raised position. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the complete structure.Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section through the holder andadjacent parts, one of the arcuate members of the discharge end of theholder being shown, by dotted lines, in open position and said dischargeportion being shown, by dotted lines, retracted into the holder. Fig. 4tis a transverse section through the holder and showing the discharge endportion in elevation. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of thedischarge end of the chute. Fig. 6 is a perspective View of anattachment adapted to be used in lieu of the holder shown in Figs. 1 toat inclusive.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates arunway arranged at the upper end of an incline 2 and that portion 3 ofthe floor of the runway adjacent the upper end of the incline 2,constitutes the platform of scales 1. It will be apparent, therefore,that as soon as an animal leaves the incline 2 and enters the runway 1its weight is received by the platform 3 and can be readily determinedby the scales form 3.

gate tends between the sides of the runway and is pivotally connected tothe bottom portion of the sides of said runway, and is located betweenthe adjacent ends of the platforms 3 and 5, this gate being designed tonormally lie substantially horizontally and thus lap and bear downwardlyupon the platform 5 and to extend under and bear upwardly against thestructure supporting the plat- The parts are so positioned that after ananimal has passed over the lowered 7 and places its weight upon the eX-posed end portion of the platform 5, said platform will be swungdownwardly at its discharge end, the opposite end thereof being thuselevated and pushing upwardly against the'gate 7 so as to swing it upinto closed position as indicated in Fig. 1. It will thus be apparentthat it becomes impossible for a second animal to leave the platform 3and move onto the tilting platform 5 until the gate 7 has been lowered.

In order that the gate may be automatically locked in closed position, aspring catch 8 is arranged below the runway and the lower end of thegate is adapted to ride thereon and to engage a shoulder 9 formed uponthe catch. In order to release the gate and permit it to move to openposition, a cord 10 or the like is connected to the free end of thecatch and passes under a uide sheave 11 and thence over a second guidesheave 12, the cord being attached at one end to an arm 13 formed at oneend of a rod 14 which is adapted to rotate within a suitable bearing 15provided therefor. A lever 16 eX- tends from this rod and constitutes ahandle whereby the rod may be rotated so as to swing the arm 13 and pullupon the cord 10. A rack 17 may be arranged adjacent the lever 16 andconstitutes means for locking said lever in any position to which it maybe adjusted.

An arm 18 extends from the pivot rod 6 and toward the outlet end of thechute, the free end of this arm being connected to a Patented A11 20,1912.

as the platform 5 is relieved of the weight of an animal, the saidspring will return it to its normal position. 7

Side strips 20 are secured to the outlet end of the runway and withtheir lower ends substantially in the plane occupied by the lower end ofthe tilting platform 5 when said platform is in its inclined position. Atop strip 21 is hingedly connected to the discharge end of the chute andcooperates with the side strips 20 to form a slightly reduced outletopening, it being understood that the top strip 21 is capable ofswinging outwardly and upwardly when subjected to the pressure of ananimal thereagainst. A guard door 22 is hingedly connected to one sideof the outlet end of the chute and is adapted to preventthe animals fromescaping at one side of said chute when the said chute is being employedfor the purpose of loading animals into wagons.

A pivot rod 23 is removably mounted within the structure at a pointadjacent the lower end of the tilted platform 5 and this red ispivotally engaged by the slotted ends 24 of bot-tom side strips 25constituting parts of the holder used in connection with the chute.These side strips are secured to the end portions of substantiallyU-shaped resilient strips 26 on which longitudinal slats 27 are secured.The end portions of these resilient strips are slotted longitudinally asshown at 28 and these slots receive trunnions 29 extending from thesides of a bottom board 30. Coiled springs 31 are secured at their endsto these trunnions and extend partly around the holder and along linesparallel with the strips 26. Obviously these springs thus serve to holdthe trunnions 29 normally pressed against the upper or inner end of theslot 28. A rod 32 is secured at its ends to the ends of the holder atpoints pose of marking or ringing hogs, the holder 1s swung about itspivot rod "23 until the bottom board 30 is brought into position midwaybetween the side strips 25 and this rod is bent to form a plurality ofloops or 3 projections 33 any one of which is adapted V 36. The saidspring is connected to another to be engaged by a ring 34. This ring isde tachably connected to a rope, chain, or other flexible device such asindicated at 35 and this device is in turn attached to a spring I wardlyfrom this sheave to a Windlass 4O mounted upon the front or outletportion of the chute. This Windlass may be actuated in any suitablemanner, as by means of a crank 41 and a ratchet wheel 42 rotates withthe windlassand is normally engaged by a spring actuated pawl 43. Itwill be appar cut that by winding the connection 37 upon the Windlassthe holder can be swung in a vertical plane about the pivot rod23 andthus be held at any desired angle relative to the horizontal.

The lower or discharge end of the holder is closed by upper and lowerarcuate members 44 which are adapted to be secured together at theirmeeting edges, in any suitable manner, as by means of catches 45. Thesesections are so shaped that, when they are closed together, they form asubstantially frusto-conical spout. The lower sectionis fixedlyconnected to a frame 46 slidable in the holder and the upper section ishingedly connected to the frame 46, one of the sections having openings47 therein whichare adapted to be closed by means of doors 47 Aninclined board 48 extends from the outlet end of the chute and into theupper end of the holder, this board he ing arranged at the angle assumedby the platform 5 when it is tilted and the said.

board also constituting means for limiting the tilting movementof theplatform. A second board 49 is hinged to the lower end of the board 48and is adapted to bear at its i pass over guide sheaves 54 and thence tothe frame 46 to which they are secured. It will thus be seen that bywinding the cable on the rod the frame 46 and the conical spout I can beshifted longitudinally of the holder to properly engage hogs ofdifferent sizes. 5 A slot 55 is formed in the bottom section of thespout so. as to permit the insertion of a knife to cut the throat of thesupported hog.

.1 If desired hinged shelves can be attached to either or both sides ofthe runway for use in holding means when butchering. One of the shelveshas been shown at 56.

In using the chute and holder for the puriparallel with the board 48. 1Vhen the parts are thus located the board 49 will of course rest fiatupon the bottom 30. The two spout sections 44 are secured together andthe hogs are then driven up the incline 2 and into the runway 1. Thisrunway is only wide enough for one animal to pass therethrou gh at atime and as soon as the weight of the front legs isap-plled to theplatform I 5 at points beyond the pivot 6, said platform will be tilteddownwardly toward the holder and the upwardly moving end of the platformwill swing the door 7 to closed position, the lower end of said doormoving into engagement with the shoulder 9 of the catch 8. As soon asthe platform is tilted the animal will slide t-herealong and into theholder the head of the animal assuming a position within the spout 4Aand the said holder adjusting itself automatically to the animal so asto bind yieldingly upon it. While the animal is thus located in theholder the snout will project. through the opening in the spout andaccess may be had to the ears by opening the doors 47. By unfasteningthe spout sections 44, they will be permitted to swing apart and thusallow the animal to pass entirely through the holder. As soon as theanimal leaves the tilting platform 5, the same will return to its normalposition but the door 7 will be held closed by the catch 8 until thelever 16 is shifted so as to pull on the cord 10 and deflect the catch.The door will then swing down to its open position and the device isready for the repetition of the foregoing operation.

lVhen it is desired to scald or dip the hogs, the holder can be swungdownwardly with the animal therein and into the position shown in Fig.l. The actuation of the holder is of course eflected by means of thewindlass. When it is desired to load a wagon, the holder can be detachedby removing the rod 23 and the boards 48 and as can be adjusted so as todirect the animals into the wagon as they leave the tilting platform 5.Nhile the chute is being used for loading a wagon, the door 22 willprevent the animals from escaping between the chute and the wagon atthat side of the chute remote from the operator who, necessarily, islocated adjacent the lever 16 and the crank 41. As the animals passthrough the runway they will successively depress the platform 3 of thescales and the weight thereof will therefore be accurately indi cated.

If desired, the runway 1 may be moved a short distance away from theincline 2 and side doors 57 which are hinged to the walls of the runwayadjacent to the incline can be swung so as to close the spaces betweenthe runway and the incline when the incline is shifted away from therunway. A hinged floor section 58 which is connected to the runway canbe used to close the space between the incline and runway. lVhen dippinghogs, a chute such as shown at 59, in Fig. 7, may be substituted for theholder shown in Fig. 4, it merely being necessary to withdraw the pivotrod 23 from the slotted ends 24 and to then reinsert the said rodthrough eyes formed at the upper end of the chute 59. A retaining rod 60may be extended transversely of the runway at the inlet end thereof, soas to pre vent animals from backing out of the run way and on to theincline after they have assumed positions upon the platform of thescales. 7

Various changes can of course be made in the construction andarrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined in theappended claims.

W hat is claimed is 1. A device of the class described includingarunway, a tiltable platform, an elastic holder movably supported inposition to receive animals discharged from the tilting platform, a headreceiving spout upon said holder, and means for adjusting the spoutlongitudinally within the holder.

2. A device of the class described including a runway, a tiltableplatform therein, a holder movably mounted adjacent the runway toreceive animals discharged from the tilting platform, means for swingingsaid holder, and a sectional head receiving spout extending from one endof and slidably mounted in the holder.

3. A device of the class described including a runway, a tiltableplatform, a holder mounted for winging movement and ar ranged to receiveanimalsfrom the tilted platform, said holder including an arched bodyportion, a yieldingly supported bottom, a head receiving spout, andmeans for shifting the spout longitudinally within the body portion.

4. A device of the class described including a runway, a tilt-ableplatform, a holder mounted for swinging movement and adapted to receiveanimals from the tilted platform, said holder including a flexible body,a yieldingly supported bottom, oppositely disposed hingedly mountedspout sect-ions connected to the body, means for adjustably supportingthe holder, and inclined hingedly connected boards extending from therunway and into the holder.

5. In a device of the class described a hingedly supported holderincluding a flexible body, said body including bowed spring strips andconnections between the strips, said strips being slottedlongitudinally, a bottom having projections slid-able within the slots,elastic connections between the projections and extending partly aroundthe body, and a sectional head receiving spout connected to one end ofthe body.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JACOB BADA.

WVit-nesses G. SHOCK, S. J. SHOCK.

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Washington, D. G.

